Gaming Addiction Disorder; White House Pitches Big Changes For Education Department
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World Health Organization recognizes gaming as addictive disorder
is the newest addictive disorder listed in the World Health Organization's . Symptoms include prioritizing video games over responsibilities and other activities, having no control over impulses to play, and increasing time spent playing video games regardless of the consequences. To be diagnosed, a person must have "significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning" in the last year, according to the
